ESPN's coverage of The BCS Championship topped cable viewership for the week with 26.380 million viewers. Gold Rush was the top non-sports program with 4.869 million viewers.
| Rank | Shows | Net | Day | Time | Viewers Live+SD (000) |
| 1 | BCS CHAMPIONSHIP L | ESPN | Mon | 08:25P-11:32P | 26380 |
| 2 | BCS BOWL STUDIO L | ESPN | Mon | 08:16P-08:25P | 18255 |
| 3 | BCS CHAMPIONSHIP SUST L | ESPN | Mon | 11:32P-11:48P | 17110 |
| 4 | BCS BOWL STUDIO L | ESPN | Mon | 08:00P-08:16P | 13746 |
| 5 | BCS BOWL STUDIO L | ESPN | Mon | 11:48P-12:02A | 10241 |
| 6 | Gold Rush | DISC | Fri | 09:00P-10:01P | 4898 |
| 7 | WWE Entertainment | USA | Mon | 10:00P-11:16P | 4647 |
| 8 | WWE Entertainment | USA | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 4324 |
| 9 | WWE Entertainment | USA | Mon | 08:00P-09:00P | 4293 |
| 10 | TANGLED | DSNY | Thu | 08:00P-09:50P | 4246 |
| 11 | SPORTSCENTER 12AM L | ESPN | Mon | 12:02A-01:01A | 4147 |
| 12 | Big Bang Theory, THE | TBSC | Tue | 09:30P-10:00P | 3780 |
| 13 | Big Bang Theory, THE | TBSC | Sun | 10:30P-11:00P | 3680 |
| 14 | SpongeBob ATLANTIS PANTIS | NICK | Sat | 10:00A-11:00A | 3625 |
| 15 | FX MOVIE PRIME | FX | Tue | 07:29P-10:00P | 3616 |
| 16 | SpongeBob | NICK | Wed | 05:30P-06:00P | 3603 |
| 17 | JUSTIFIED | FX | Tue | 10:00P-11:06P | 3594 |
| 18 | Big Bang Theory, THE | TBSC | Sun | 09:30P-10:00P | 3575 |
| 19 | SpongeBob | NICK | Thu | 05:30P-06:00P | 3522 |
| 20 | AMISH MAFIA | DISC | Wed | 09:00P-10:00P | 3518 |
| 21 | Big Bang Theory, THE | TBSC | Sun | 10:00P-10:30P | 3512 |
| 22 | SpongeBob | NICK | Wed | 06:30P-07:00P | 3507 |
| 23 | BIG BANG THEORY, THE | TBSC | Sun | 09:00P-09:30P | 3477 |
| 24 | NCIS | USA | Wed | 08:00P-09:00P | 3458 |
| 25 | NCIS | USA | Wed | 09:00P-10:00P | 3456 |
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no victorious
No victorious again
It was such a good episode!!
This may be a stupid question, but one I’ve been wondering for awhile. Why are pre-game shows broken up into several different shows? Who makes that determination? Seems silly to me. Games aren’t broken up to “BCS Championship Quarter 1″ and “BCS Championship Quarter 2,” etc. And on the air they do not make any distinction between the shows either. NBC always did this with “Football Night in America” too.
No Marvin Marvin lol
“This may be a stupid question, but one I’ve been wondering for awhile. Why are pre-game shows broken up into several different shows? Who makes that determination? Seems silly to me. Games aren’t broken up to “BCS Championship Quarter 1? and “BCS Championship Quarter 2,” etc. And on the air they do not make any distinction between the shows either. NBC always did this with “Football Night in America” too.”
Portions are rated separately in order to sell ads at the appropriate rates. The decisions are made by the network.
Victorious (8:00) – Nickelodeon
2.690 million viewers, #1; 0.534 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #2
Marvin Marvin (8:30) – Nickelodeon
2.106 million viewers, #2; 0.339 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #4